WG4: Bioproducts generation from the sugars platform by non-conventional yeasts


MOTIVATION
Glucose or sucrose are classical carbon substrates for typical industrial yeast processes. The utilization of alternative low-cost carbon sources is however needed for the successful expansion of industrial biotechnology. The fermentable sugars obtained from renewable raw materials such as cellulosic sugars are therefore attractive alternatives for the production of biofuels and (fine) biochemicals.
Non-conventional yeasts are capable of utilizing a wide range of sugars. Hence, a vast range of bioproducts is expected to be produced by these microorganisms, including the production of enzymes, food-additives, bioplastics, bioethanol, or biodiesel. In addition, new bioproducts arisen from the discovery of new metabolic routes on non-conventional yeasts grown on alternative carbon sources might benefit the energy sector as well as pharmacological, nutritional and chemical industry.
OBJECTIVES
WG4 targets at exploring different alternatives to produce bioproducts (e.g. bioethanol, biodiesel, 2-phenylethanol, flavin coenzyme, weak acids, industrially relevant enzymes, bioplastics, etc.) by non-conventional yeasts from the sugar released from low-cost raw materials (e.g. agri-food residues, lignocellulose). Both naturally occurring and recombinant strains will be taken into account to reach this aim. The production of such bioproducts by different non-conventional yeast will be then compared in terms of yields, productivities, profitability and environmental impact.
In particular, WG4 has the following Tasks:
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Screening of non-conventional yeasts with best properties to perform on the sugar platform molecules.
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Optimization of process conditions to maximize product yields and titers for different bioproducts.
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Collection of research assays which will be planned and potentially executed considering industrial requirements, in order to facilitate the subsequent scale-up of the process.
PARTICIPANTS
Country | Participant | Role | Institution of affiliation | |
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Austria | Anton Glieder | MC member | anton.glieder@bisy.at | Graz University of Technology, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology |
Austria | Diethard Mattanovich | MC member | diethard.mattanovich@boku.ac.at | University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Veinna |
Austria | Harald Pichler | MC substitute | harald.pichler@tugraz.at | Graz University of Technology, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology |
Belgium | Patrick Fickers | MC member | pfickers@uliege.be | Université de Liege - Gembloux Agro-BioTech |
Belgium | Sofie de Maeseneire | MC substitute | sofie.demaeseneire@ugent.be | Ghent University |
Belgium | Sophie Roelants | Participant* | sophie.roelants@bbeu.org | Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant |
Belgium | Iris Cornet | MC member | iris.cornet@uantwerpen.be | Belgium, University of Antwerp |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Borut Bosancic | MC member | borut.bosancic@agro.unibl.org | University of Banja Luka, Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Biometrics |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | Anita Juric | MC member | anita.juric@aptf.sum.ba | University of Mostar |
Croatia | Ana Vrsalović Presečki | MC member | avrsalov@fkit.hr | University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology |
Croatia | Martina Sudar | MC substitute | msudar@fkit.hr | University of Zagreb, Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology |
Croatia | Marko Vinceković | MC substitute | mvincekovic@agr.hr | University of Zagreb Faculty of Agriculture, Department of Chemistry |
Croatia | Dajana Kučić Grgić | MC substitute | dkucic@fkit.hr | Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Technology |
Czech Republic | Hana Sychrova | ITC- Conference Manager/MC member | hana.sychrova@fgu.cas.cz | Department of Membrane Transport, Institute of Physiology, Czech Academy of Sciences |
Czech Republic | Vladimir Kren | MC member | kren@biomed.cas.cz | Institute of Microbiology of the Czech Academy of Sciences |
Denmark | Jose Luis Martinez | Vice-Chair/MC member | jlmr@dtu.dk | DTU |
Denmark | César Fonseca | MC member | csf@bio.aau.dk | Aalborg University |
Estonia | Petri-Jaan Lahtvee | WG3 Vice-Leader/MC member | lahtvee@ut.ee | University of Tartu |
Estonia | Tiina Alamäe | MC member | tiina@alamae.eu | Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology, University of Tartu |
Estonia | Nemailla Bonturi | MC substitute | nemailla.bonturi@ut.ee | University of Tartu |
Estonia | Triinu Visnapuu | MC substitute | triinu.visnapuu@ut.ee | University of Tartu |
Finland | Minna Laine | MC member | minna.laine@st1.fi | St1 Oy |
Germany | Volker Sieber | MC member | sieber@tum.de | Technical University of Munich |
Greece | George Aggelis | MC member | george.aggelis@upatras.gr | University of Patras |
Greece | Seraphim Papanikolau | MC member | spapanik@aua.gr | Agricultural University of Athens |
Greece | Evangelos Topakas | MC substitute | vtopakas@chemeng.ntua.gr | National Technical University of Athens |
Hungary | Csaba Fehér | Science Com. Manager/MC member | csaba_feher@mail.bme.hu | Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
Hungary | Soma Bedő | MC member | bedo12@gmail.com | Budapest University of Technology and Economics |
Hungary | Aron Nemeth | Participant | naron@mail.bme.hu | BUTE-Dep. Applied Biotechnology and Foodscience |
Iceland | Hjörleifur Einarsson | MC member | hei@unak.is | University of Akureyri |
Ireland | Gaurav Rajauria | MC member | gaurav.rajauria@ucd.ie | UCD Lyons Research Farm |
Ireland | John Morrisey | MC member | j.morrissey@ucc.ie | University College Cork |
Israel | Aharon Gedanken | MC member | gedanken@mail.biu.ac.il | Bar-Ilan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel |
Israel | Yoram Gerchman | WG1 Vide-Leader/MC member | gerchman.yoram@gmail.com | Oranim college (and University of Haifa) |
Israel | Ilana Perelshtein | MC substitute | ilana.perelshtein@biu.ac.il | Bar Ilan University |
Italy | Paola Branduardi | MC member | paola.branduardi@unimib.it | University of Milano Bicocca |
Italy | Gennaro Agrimi | MC member | gennaro.agrimi@uniba.it | Department of Biosciences, Biotechnologies and Biopharmaceutics - University of Bari |
Italy | Lisa Solieri | Participant* | lisa.solieri@unimore.it | Dept. of Life Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia |
Latvia | Armands Vigants | MC member | armands.vigants@lu.lv | University of Latvia, Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology |
Latvia | Mara Grube | MC member | grube@lu.lv | Institute of Microbiology and Biotechnology, University of Latvia |
Latvia | Janis Liepins | MC substitute | janis.liepins@lu.lv | University of Latvia |
Lithuania | Dalia Cizeikiene | MC member | dalia.cizeikiene@gmail.com | Kaunas University of Technology |
Lithuania | Loreta Basinskiene | MC substitute | loreta.basinskiene@ktu.lt | Kaunas University of Technology |
Luxembourg | Magdalena Calusinska | WG6 Leader/MC member | magdalena.calusinska@list.lu | Luxembourg Institute of Science and technology |
North Macedonia | Irina Mladenoska | MC member | irinaetf@mt.net.mk | Ss. Cyril and Methodius University in Skopje, Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy |
Norway | Volha Shapaval | MC member | volha.shapaval@nmbu.no | Norwegian University of Life Sciences |
Poland | Andriy Sibirny | MC member | sibirny@yahoo.com | University of Rzeszow, Poland |
Poland | Anna Bzducha-Wróbel | MC substitute | anna_bzducha_wrobel@sggw.pl | Warsaw University of Life Science WULS-SGGW, Institute of Food Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology |
Poland | Adam Dobrowolski | MC substitute | dr adam dobrowolski | Wrocław University of Environmental and Life Sciences, Department of Biotechnology and Food Microbiology |
Poland | Justyna Ruchała | MC substitute | jruchala@ur.edu.pl | Uniwersytet Rzeszowski |
Portugal | Isabel Sá-Correia | MC member | isacorreia@tecnico.ulisboa.pt | iBB-Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa |
Serbia | Zorana Rončević | MC member | ron@uns.ac.rs | Faculty of Technology Novi Sad, University of Novi Sad |
Serbia | Jelena Dodić | MC substitute | klik@uns.ac.rs | University of Novi Sad Faculty of Technology Novi Sad |
Serbia | RužicaTomičić | MC member | ruzica.tomicic@yahoo.com | Faculty of Technology, University of Novi Sad |
Slovakia | Martin Rebroš | MC member | martin.rebros@stuba.sk | Slovak University of Technology |
Slovakia | Katarína Šuchová | MC member | katarina.suchova@savba.sk | Institute of Chemistry, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia |
Slovakia | Milan Certic | MC substitute | milan.certik@stuba.sk | Institute of Biotechnology, Faculty of Chemical and Food Technology |
Slovenia | Cene Gostinčar | MC substitute | cene.gostincar@bf.uni-lj.si | University of Ljubljana |
Spain | Elia Tomás | Chair | elia.tomas@imdea.org | IMDEA Energy Institute |
Spain | Antonio David Moreno | WG6 Vice-Leader/MC member | david.moreno@ciemat.es | Centro de Investigaciones Energéticas, Medioambientales y Tecnológicas |
Spain | Lourdes Martínez Cartas | MC substitute | lcartas@ujaen.es | University of Jaén |
Spain | María Isabel González Siso | Participant | migs@udc.es | Universidade da Coruña |
Spain | Christian Kennes | MC substitute | c.kennes@udc.es | Universidade da Coruña |
Sweden | Cecilia Geijer | WG4 Vice-Leader/MC substitute | cecilia.geijer@chalmers.se | Chalmers University of Technology |
Sweden | Lisbeth Olsson | WG4 Leader/MC member | lisbeth.olsson@chalmers.se | Chalmers University of Technology |
Sweden | Volkmar Passoth | WG2 Leader/MC member | volkmar.passoth@slu.se | Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Department of Molecular Sciences |
Sweden | Kim Olofsson | Participant | kim.olofsson@aak.com | AAK AB |
Sweden | Charilaos Xiros | Participant | charilaos.xiros@processum.se | RISE Processum AB |
Turkey | Gözde Konuray | MC member | gkonuray@gmail.com | Cukurova University Department of Food Engineering, Saricam |
Turkey | Neslihan Dikbaş | MC member | neslidikbas@atauni.edu.tr | Atatürk University |
Turkey | Baris Binay | MC substitute | binay@gtu.edu.tr | Gebze Technical University |
Turkey | Mustafa Turker | Participant | mustafa.turker@pakmaya.com | Pak Gıda Üretim Pazarlama A.Ş. |
Turkey | Evrim Özkale | Participant | evrimmiko@gmail.com | Manisa Celal Bayar University |
Turkey | Pinar Çalık | Participant | pcalik@metu.edu.tr | Middle East Technical University |
Turkey | Yonca Yuceer | Participant | yoncayuceer@comu.edu.tr | Çanakkale Onsekiz Mart Univ. |
Turkey | Burcu Gündüz Ergün | Participant | burcugunduz3@gmail.com | Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Biotechnology Research Center |
UK | Huadong Peng | MC substitute | h.peng@imperial.ac.uk | Imperial College London |